Your Christmas present of a 2012 Calendar is now available to download from the navigation list to the left on this page. We hope you enjoy this year's selection of cars from Ys on Parade. Happy Christmas and thank you all for your contributions to the site over the last twelve months.

Thank you to Michael Long who has obtained permission for us to add the excellent PDF file written by Bob Harris of the
Chiltern Vehicle Preservation Group on UK Car Registration and Licence Plates from 1903 to 2003. This is now available in the side menu of Downloadables on this and subsequent News pages.

The mid-month Reprinted Article has also been added from the recent MG Enthusiast magazine, November 2011. Entitled, "Three Times a Winner" the article is a great review of Marc Hanson's racing YB.

Congratulations too to Mike Stearn on completing his restoration of Y 2924 and he has also updated his entry in Ys on Parade.

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12 December 2011

An information flyer is now available on the MG Car Club Spring Weekend. This has also been added to the Events page. This year's event will be in the Forest of Dean area.

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10 December 2011

Well, now it is David's turn to take a break, and thank you David for keeping the site going during my first break since April 2002. I think he did a great job - don't you?

Michael Long has asked for help in trying to trace his old MG YB, licence plate UMG 780. Please see the "Where is my Y now?" page.

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5 December 2011

I received an email earlier today from Colin McLachlan, a former Y Type owner in Australia. I quote from his message:

We most certainly are and remember you heard it here first! I note that the film does not go on general release in the UK until 6th January 2012 so in the UK we will have to wait
another month before we can identify the car. If anybody knows whose car Meryl or 'Margaret' are driving please advise the Webmaster. I am certain that Paul will organise its inclusion in film clips at a later date.

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4 December 2011

There is no 'let up' in the demands of a deputy Webmaster. I knew that Paul spends a significant amount of time on both the website and answering queries but I had no idea exactly how much until his Webmaster emails were redirected to me.

Today we have another 'New Find' to the IMGYR Register from Fred Zampa who lives in Georgia in the USA. Fred's car Y1714 is clearly a 'wolf in sheep's clothing' as can be seen from the addition to Ys on Parade.

Ivo Arnus the owner of the very last YB off the production line in 1953, provided the wedding car for a happy couple in Germany earlier this year. The photograph can be seen at Ys at Weddings. My thanks go to both Fred and Ivo for providing the updates.

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2 December 2011

Following on from yesterday's update a number of people have asked what 'Cadence Braking' is as detailed by Bryan Mellem, in this month's Picture of the Month. Bryan has kindly provided an explanation:

'Cadence braking is something of a fine art. It is possible to get the car to rock back and forwards in its natural spring period so that as the car pitched forward so increasing the front tyre loading maximum braking could be achieved, with practice this could be precipitated in an instant. It's like double de-clutching there was far greater skill to driving then, especially before the grip of modern tyres, and ABS.'

Thanks Bryan.

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1 December 2011

Well Paul is still away, hopefully he will back and take over the reins again next week. If this all works it will be
nothing short of a miracle!

We have to thank Bryan Mellem for the Picture of the Month , it is seasonal (at least for the UK) and shows a picture taken outside his parents home in Surrey in the very harsh winter of 1963. The Reprinted Article this month comes from the October 1948 edition of Autocar. It wasn't the one planned by Paul but I raided his library (amazing that it is nearly 5,000 miles from here) and found an article about the YT launch!

Tony Slattery has taken delivery of his latest 'Gem' a totally rust free Y that has been hidden away for many years; it was last on the road in the 1960s! Tony had a surprise when it arrived as although the car was the same one that he had purchased unseen, it was found to be Y3530 rather than Y2682 as previously thought. Ys on Parade has been updated with his latest acquisition.

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